Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 29

Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh today skipped the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) summons for appearance before it for the second time in two weeks and instead wrote a letter to investigators asking them to record his “statement on audio/visual mode of any nature” of their choice at whatever time convenient to them.

Officials in the agency said the ED had summoned Deshmukh to its office at 11 am for questioning today in connection with its money laundering probe in the case relating to alleged corruption and extortion charges against the former home minister.

Officials said in the letter addressed to Tassine Sultan, Assistant Director, ED, Deshmukh cited health issues as the reason for his inability to appear before the investigating agency.